8706232122 | Abolition | The legal prohibition and ending of slavery, especially enslavement of Africans in the U.S. | 0 | |
8706256212 | Absolutism | The principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government | 1 | |
8706278822 | Administer | To manage; have executive charge of | 2 | |
8706291498 | Administration | The management of an office, business, or organization OR the function of a political state in exercising its governmental duties. | 3 | |
8706429838 | Admonish/ment | To caution, advise, or counsel against something OR the urge to a duty; remind | 4 | |
8706636854 | Afro- | Prefix referring to Afro-Americans or their culture/traditions | 5 | |
8706680108 | Agarian | Relating to land OR rural agriculture | 6 | |
8706723887 | Amer- | American | 7 | |
8706732920 | Analyze/Analysis | To break down to determine the elements OR examine critically | 8 | |
8708122509 | Anarchism/Anarchy | A state or society without government or law | 9 | |
8708130789 | Ancient | Referring to along time ago | 10 | |
8708166140 | Anti-Semitism | Prejudice/Discrimination against Jews | 11 | |
8708201031 | Appeasement | To bring a state of peace; to assuage by relenting something | 12 | |
8708208585 | Arable | Capable of producing crops; land suitable for farming | 13 | |
8708220675 | Archaeology | The scientific study of historic of prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts | 14 | |
8708259088 | Archaic | Marked by characteristics of an earlier period OR pertaining to or designating the style of fine arts | 15 | |
8708654972 | Architecture | Character/Style of a building OR the profession of designing buildings | 16 | |
8708667178 | -Archy | A suffix meaning "rule" or "government' | 17 | |
8708696947 | Argue/Argument | Debate OR process of reasoning | 18 | |
8708725740 | Aristocracy | Class of people holding exceptional rank and privileges OR a government or state ruled by an aristocracy, elite, or privileged upper class | 19 | |
8708757813 | Atheism | Belief there is no supreme being(s) | 20 | |
8708762830 | Asceticism | Doctrine or belief that a person can attain a high spiritual and moral state by practicing self-denial, self-mortification, and the like | 21 | |
8708779080 | Authoritarian/-ism | Favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom | 22 | |
8708804675 | Balance of Power | A distribution and opposition of forces among nations such that no single nation is strong enough to assert its will or dominate all the others | 23 | |
8708819254 | Balance of Trade | The difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise | 24 | |
8708831454 | Barbarian | A person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilized OR non-Greek OR a person living outside the Roman Empire OR a person not living in a christian country/civilization | 25 | |
8708850062 | Border | a line that separates a body of land from another | 26 | |
8708855459 | Bourgeoisie | The class that, in contrast to the proletariat or wage-earning class, is primarily concerned with property values OR the middle class | 27 | |
8708870516 | Bureaucracy | The body of officials and administrators, especially of a government or government department | 28 |
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